Yeah, that Infocenter didn't have anything directly on point that I
could see. Lots of other good stuff, however, I think.
So as to help - each dialog has a Help button, which activates help text
from the local file system - your My Documents, in particular, in the
IBM\iAccessClient_Help\Emulator\en folder - there's a tabs.html there
that was very helpful.
One of the difficulties - not sure that's the right word - with this is,
the links to help don't get installed into Programs off the start button
that I saw. Maybe some script could be used to do that - I didn't find
it, but it might be there.
One thing to know - it was mentioned about clicking on the BCHX file -
there's a tool in main ACS window to get different ACS file associations
setup - and BCHX is in there. BUT - you must start ACS using the EXE,
not one of the scripts or the JAR file directly in order to get that
option - at least I think that's what I was told when I complained a
couple weeks ago.
I also did not find a way to set up shortcuts from Session Manager - had
to go to the actual HOD files (and now BCHX files) and set up the
shortcut on the desktop. I also don't know if we can, in Win 7, put
these shortcuts on the task bar - some MS Windows restriction on what
can go there. I'm still looking. Something about the things on the task
bar have to be real executables? And the desktop shortcuts I made were
to the HOD files.
OK enough random and useful thoughts!!!
BUT!!! I've been playing! I found one way to get tabs working - might
not be the best, but it worked.
It seems connectied with mulitple-session setups.
1. I went into Session Manager
2. Clicked new multiple-session button
3. Added sessions from list on left to list on right
4. Saved the BCHX file
5. Ran the BCHX file - no tabs, 2 separate session windows
OK, says I - I'd seen some stuff in Preferences about tabs - so I
right-click in one session, which opens to menu options, not popup -
that's configurable, BTW.
I click in Edit->, then Preferences-> then Tab Setup...
OK, I checked the 1st 2 checkboxes - they're unchecked coming - "Open
new sessions in a new tab" and "Always display the tab bar"
I also changed "New Tab Action" to "Run Other..." because we have
specific device names - no auto-create for what I'm using.
Clicked OK and I had a tab row with a single tab - hmmmm - the sessions
were separate, so not in the tabs yet.
I closed both sessions, then reopened from the BCHX file - both sessions
I had in there were now in one window with each its own tab!!!!
Some observations and in-retrospect:
1. I probably should have set the tab options in a single session first
- one must get INTO a session to do this, it can't be done from Session
Manager - wouldn't it be nice to unify the setup and preferences? Then
when you start the BCHX file, you'll get the tabs.
a. But it might have been possible to bring the 2 sessions together
here - see 2.a. about "reuniting" sessions
2. It is possible to drag a tab to another tab group, apparently, or to
the desktop.
a. When I did take one to the desktop, I wondered how to get it
back into the tab group - hmmm - right-click is my friend - I
right-clicked in the tab of the detached session and there's an option
to attach to a tab - you get a list of the active tabs, pick one, and
ba-da-bing!
hoe this helps some - it actually took longer to write this than to do
it - so what else is new!
Cheers
Vern
On 6/26/2015 3:23 PM, Jeff Crosby wrote:
Have not been to the ACS InfoCenter.
It's been rather hectic. Lots of server (Windows) work the past 2 weekends
and the CEO is on vacation this week. And we're training 3 office people.
And in the process of moving to a new business cellphone plan. And
rearranging/reassigning desks and phones and desktops.
Aieee!
On Fri, Jun 26, 2015 at 1:52 PM, Vernon Hamberg <vhamberg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
Jeff
I'm a bit curious about this too - haven't gone much farther yet - have
you gone to the help at the ACS InfoCenter?
Vern
On 6/26/2015 12:20 PM, Jeff Crosby wrote:
Is there a way to create a multiple session file and have all sessions
open in
a tabbed window? Mine seem to open as new windows (1 session per
windows),
not as tabs.
Within any of them I can open another tab, but that's not what I'm looking
for. I'm looking to have it open with 5 tabs. How do you do that?
The Getting Started says nothing about tabbed sessions.
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